학술논문
Probiotics: A Review of Human Studies to Date and Methodological Approaches.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*DIETARY supplements
*INTESTINAL diseases
*POISONS
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ISSN
0891-060X
Abstract
This review focuses on the methodological approaches used to study the efficacy of probiotics to exert a beneficial effect on the host, either in curative (as a drug) or preventive (as food) approaches. It subsequently describes the results obtained with probiotic administration in human trials in a variety of health problems (childhood and adult diarrhoea; travellers' diarrhoea; antibiotic-associated diarrhoea including that caused by C. difficile; HIV-associated diarrhoea; constipation; Candida vaginitis; urinary tract infections; lactose intolerance; hypercholesterolaemia; cancer), novel and future uses for probiotics and safety aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]